Sunday, November 15, 2015

Daily Current Affairs 14 Nov. 2015 ( Daily News India)

1. Northeast
India’s first elephant hospital established at Kaziranga National Park

i.
Northeast India’s first hospital for elephants has been established at the
Kaziranga National Park in Assam.

ii.Kaziranga
National Park is located in the Golaghat and Nagaon districts of Assam.

iii.
It was declared UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985 by UNESCO for its unique
natural environment.

2. Terrorist
attacked Paris, Hundreds of people
Killed

i.
Terrorists attacked six locations around
Paris killing around 160 civilians and injuring hundreds of people.

ii.Maximum
deaths occurred in the Bataclan concert venue, around 80000 football fans in
the Stade de France (National Stadium of France) came under the deadliest
attacks who were watching a friendly match between France and Germany.

iii.Recently
in the January 2015 terrorists killed 11 people when they stormed into the
offices of the French satirical weekly newspaper in Paris.

3. 126th birth
anniversary of Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru is being observed as Children's Day

i.
Birth anniversary of First Prime
Minister of India Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru celebrated in all over India. ii.President
Pranab Mukherjee, Vice President Hamid Ansari, former Prime Minister Dr
Manmohan Singh, Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Congress Vice President Rahul
Gandhi and other dignitaries paid tributes to Pandit Nehru at his memorial
Shanti Van in the national capital.

ii.
The Birth anniversary of Former Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru is also celebrated as
Children's Day.

4. NGT directs
collection of ‘green tax’

i.
To control and minimize the health hazards originating from bursting of
firecrackers, the Pune Bench of the National Green Tribunal has directed civic
bodies to levy Rs. 3,000 as ‘green tax’ from sellers.

ii.The
fund collected from the tax will be used to clean solid waste generated from
firecrackers at public places.

iii.The money will be used exclusively for
environmental activities such as planting trees and constructing toilets for
women.